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Two Americans Arrested for Terrifying Baby Monkey Punch in Reckless Promotional Stunt (essential-japan.com)

submitted 13 hours ago by sundray@lemmus.org to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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"Punch" is the name of the adorable baby monkey. There was no violence, thankfully. All of the animals are unharmed.

And the point of this idiocy?

It was later revealed that this appalling stunt was orchestrated purely as a promotional gimmick for a cryptocurrency meme coin.

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[–] FistingEnthusiast@lemmy.world 11 points 3 hours ago

I pity most Americans

I despise a significant number of them

I spend a lot of time in the US, my fiancée is American

The problem is that even the good people have been beaten into submission

They have given up, because (and this isn't untrue) they see the problems, but they're bigger than what they can deal with when they're stretched close to their breaking point already

This is by design. Those with the power know exactly what they're doing, and it's working.